Note to all parents of children making their 1st Holy Communion this year: on 24 April and 11 May, the Communion Preparation will be a music practice for the actual celebration itself. It is important, as always, that your child attends. All children will be attending the 11:15 Mass this Sunday (obligatory). The date is drawing closer, and these last stages of preparation are vital. Thank you. Fr Ed.
PETER PAN
No, not a visiting youth worker, but a production by the New World Theatre Club Youth Theatre. The production is hosted at the Campus Scholaire Geesseknaeppchen, bvd Pierre Dupong, Luxembourg, 2, 3, 4, & 5 April at 19:30. For more information, download the flyer.
We are happy to advertise events in which members of our parish community are involved.
THE HEART IN PILGRIMAGE
A beautiful book of prayers for Lent and for the rest of the year: This intelligent and richly resourced collection, drawn together by Professor Eamon Duffy, brings together beautiful and memorable prayers and hymns from a wide range of sources. This is not a mere anthology of prayers, but rather a comprehensive guide to praying the big things of life and faith, using words with resonance and eloquence to convey a Catholic Christianity that stretches across Eastern and Western traditions, Orthodox as well as Latin Catholic. It offers guidance on the basics of the faith: how to prepare for confession, how to say the rosary, how to make the stations of the cross, material for saying morning and night prayers. This book is the result of Eamon Duffy’s own deep devotional life throughout his distinguished academic career and will be deeply valued.
€25 from the book stand in St Alphonse. Other Lenten resources are also available.
RITA Ó`FEARCHAIN RIP
Rita o Fearchain, known to many parishioners, died on Sunday 9th March. She lived for many years in Luxembourg and was the life and soul of many a party – a good, generous and very cheerful person. Ó`FEARCHAIN (Fairclough) Rita (née Moore) Sutton, Co. Dublin – March 9, 2014 (peacefully) at the Beacon Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Rita will be very sadly missed by her loving husband Eamonn, children Eamonn (Óg), Anne, Joseph and Paul, son-in-law Fionnan, daughters-in-law Josie and Edyta, grandchildren Fiona, Ciara and Jennifer, brother Joe, sister Nancy, extended family and good friends. Rest in Peace. Reposing (Wednesday) afternoon in Stafford`s Funeral Home, Strand Road, Portmarnock from 2 o`clock until 5 o`clock. Removal on Thursday morning to the Church of the Assumption, Howth, arriving for 10 o`clock Funeral Mass followed by cremation in Glasnevin Crematorium. Family flowers only please – Donations if desired to St. Francis Hospice, Raheny.
Mass is being offered for Rita at St Alphonse on Sunday next, 16 March. May she rest in peace.
THE BIBLE & LIFE BASICS: LENTEN COURSE reminder!
The Bible and Life Basics: Land, Blood, Sex and Food
a 5 session course. Four of the most basic issues in life are:
Land: territory, garden, rooted-ness, boundary, exile, immigration, enviromental awareness, home, identity
Blood: taboo, purity, shame, medicine, phobia, ancestry, race, genes, identity
Sex: desire, love, bodies, temptation, guilt, delight, vulnerabilty, taboo, gender, culture, power, identity
Food: need, family, fellowship, labour, culture, health, science, taboo, taste, fair trade, identity
The course runs for the first five weeks of Lent: on Tuesdays at 8.00pm in the Anglican Vicarage, 89 rue de Muhlenbach, L-2168 Luxembourg. March 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8. Tel 43 95 93 On Thursdays at 8.00pm in the Parish house of the Paroisse Européenne, 34, rue des Capucins, L-2011, Luxembourg March 13, 20, 27, April 3, 11. Tel: 26 20 02 56 (direct line & answerphone) The course is led by the Rev’d Chris Lyon, Fr. Ed Hone, and the Rev’d Andrew Markey. Each session is open to both Anglicans and Catholics, and anyone else who want to join, whether they are believers or not. Full details can be found in the flyer The Bible and Life Basics
This promises to be an interesting and challenging course!
